President of the Republic of South Africa

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President of the Republic of South Africa
seal
Cyril Ramaphosa e Michel Temer 2 (cropped) .jpg
Acting President
Cyril Ramaphosa
since February 15, 2018
Official seats Union Buildings in Pretoria , Tuynhuys in Cape Town
Term of office 5 years
(one-time re-election possible)
Creation of office May 31, 1961
(President of the Republic of South Africa)
May 10, 1994
(President of the Republic of South Africa)
Last choice May 22, 2019
Next choice approx May 2024
Deputy Vice President
Official List of heads of state of South Africa
Website www.thepresidency.gov.za

The President of the Republic of South Africa ( English President of the Republic of South Africa ) is the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of South Africa . In contrast to the President of the USA and similar to the German Chancellor , he is elected by the National Assembly and can also be voted out by it through a vote of no confidence . If no new president has been elected within 30 days, parliament can be dissolved by the incumbent president.

He has extensive executive powers .

history

A president of South Africa, there is a result of the establishment of the Republic of South Africa since 1961. The Office is one of the results of the referendum of 1960 during the apartheid period , as a result on 10 May 1961, the date as Governor General ( Governor-General ) acting Charles Robberts Swart in an electoral college of MPs and members of the Senate for the first President ( State President ) of the country has been selected. With the Constitution of 1983 , the function of the President had the features of a presidential system .

Since the end of apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela (1994–1999) and Thabo Mbeki (1999–2008) held the office of President of the Republic of South Africa . After his resignation on September 25, 2008, Kgalema Motlanthe was elected by parliament as transitional president. From May 9, 2009 to February 14, 2018, Jacob Zuma was the fourth President of South Africa. After his resignation before the end of the second term of office, Vice-President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected President by the National Assembly.

Official statements by the President are published in the Government Gazette .

Election and de-election

The President is elected by the National Assembly. The election will take place in the first session of the National Assembly after its election or within 30 days of a vacancy. It is directed by the President of the Constitutional Court, the Chief Justice , or a representative appointed by him who must be a judge.

Candidates proposed for election must belong to the National Assembly, but lose their membership upon election.

If only one candidate is proposed for election by the members of the National Assembly, he will be declared president without a formal election process. If there are several candidates, they will be elected by secret ballot. The candidate who receives the absolute majority of the votes cast is elected. If none of the proposed candidates achieve this in a ballot, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and another ballot is carried out; this is repeated until one candidate obtains an absolute majority. If there are only two remaining candidates, the voting process must be repeated in full within seven days. The President's assumption of office takes effect when he is sworn in, which must take place within five days of the election.

The National Assembly can express its mistrust in the President by an absolute majority of its members; the entire government must then resign. With a two-thirds majority of the members of the National Assembly, the President can also be voted out of office if he is either incapable of office or is accused of a material violation of the Constitution or of laws or of materially wrongful conduct. In this case he loses his office without the need to make a declaration of resignation and, except in the event of incapacity, all claims from the office and the right to hold other public offices.

In principle, a president can only hold two terms of office. However, if he is not elected at the beginning of the legislative period, but after a vacancy has occurred, the time from this election to the next regular new election does not count as a term of office in the sense of this regulation.

See also

Web links

Commons : Presidents of the Republic of South Africa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ramaphosa officially declared the president of South Africa. News24, February 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Web presence of the incumbent President. Retrieved September 16, 2013 from www.thepresidency.gov.za
  3. ^ SAIRR : A Survey of Race relations in South Africa 1961 . Johannesburg 1962. pp. 2-3
  4. ^ Republic of South Africa: The Presidency . History. on www.presidency.gov.za ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.presidency.gov.za
  5. ↑ Article 86 of the Constitution of South Africa. Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Articles 86, 87 of the Constitution of South Africa. Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Schedule 3 of the Constitution of South Africa. Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Chapter 5 of the Constitution of South Africa, section Motions of no confidence . Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Article 89 of the Constitution of South Africa. Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Article 88 of the Constitution of South Africa. Constitutional Court of South Africa, accessed February 15, 2018 .